Panthers are 3-1

[LinvilleGorge]

1 minute ago, Saca312 said:

First half we certainly looked competitive. Had a pathetic ref call gone our way it may have been a widely different score the first half.

Just a matter of learning and getting better from this. Mistakes and turnovers we made were easy fuel for the high powered Dallas offense. 

They adjusted at halftime and we didn't. Felt like the good old days again.

[chbright]

3 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

My concern is that we didn't look like we belonged on the field with them until they bafflingly went prevent and rested their best DB late.

Did you only watch the 3rd quarter?

We absolutely looked like we belonged the 1st half, especially with the way the refs walked the cowboys down the field for a TD and took away a fumble at the 50....

[Panther'sBigD]

1 minute ago, PanthersGOATFan336 said:

I hope we see them again

Just like in 2003…

[t96]

3 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

My concern is that we didn't look like we belonged on the field with them until they bafflingly went prevent and rested their best DB late.

So we didn't look like we belonged on the field with them in the first half where we led by 1 despite them starting with the ball and having a TD handed to them? We had a series of events that spiraled out of control briefly in the 3rd quarter, not really that big of a deal in the bigger picture.

[Saca312]

Just now, LinvilleGorge said:

They adjusted at halftime and we didn't. Felt like the good old days again.

Very true. Also what didn't help was giving them easy field position. That avalanche began with that missed FG, then the turnovers afterwards. They feast on that.

That should be priority number 1 of fixing: gotta stop making silly mistakes like that. Hope Rhule understands that as well.

[Smithers]

5 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

My concern is that we didn't look like we belonged on the field with them until they bafflingly went prevent and rested their best DB late.

That’s not true.  We were leading at the half despite them being gifted a TD.  We won 3 of 4 quarters.  The 3rd quarter was simply historically bad…and it all started with a missed FG.

[TheRumGone]

Rhule made some questionable calls this game. Overall I don’t think this is like oh no this team sucks! game. Dallas has a better team. 

[Shocker]

We weren’t winning this one without CMC and Horn.  Major progress being made here

[Mr. Scot]

4 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

They adjusted at halftime and we didn't. Felt like the good old days again.

In my mind, second half coaching and adjustments are as big a concern as the OL.

Edited October 3, 2021 by Mr. Scot

[Saca312]

3 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

In my mind, second half coaching and adjustments are as big a concern as the OL.

Yep. That call for a FG was boneheaded as they come. Awful call and momentum shifter, gifting the Cowboys easy field position.

Gotta learn to not give opponents those fruitcakes and be that risky.

[TheoJay10]

We didn’t get outplayed, we got out coached. It happens this staff is young. We will come back from this. We are a borderline playoff team. That in itself us exciting. This year isn’t SB or bust. Learn from mistakes and come back next week and do better.

[CanePantherHornet]

The Cowboys are good. The Panthers are improved. I said all along that I thought our ceiling would be the last wild card slot. Today hasn't changed that. Fix the OL and the sky is the limit.

[CanePantherHornet]

3 minutes ago, TheoJay10 said:

We didn’t get outplayed, we got out coached. It happens this staff is young. We will come back from this. We are a borderline playoff team. That in itself us exciting. This year isn’t SB or bust. Learn from mistakes and come back next week and do better.

That field goal call completely changed the game. I couldn't believe Rhule called for that.

[Peon Awesome]

16 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

My concern is that we didn't look like we belonged on the field with them until they bafflingly went prevent and rested their best DB late.

I catch myself guilty of that thinking too. But then I remember that we were literally leading at halftime even though Dallas was gifted a possession that led to a td on that abysmal forward progress ruling. The 3rd quarter was about as abysmal as it gets, starting with the missed fg and followed by 2 interceptions that led to short fields and TDs. But don't let that make you forget that for 3/4 of the game, we played with a lot of fight and hell, arguably looked like the better team.